The Wonder: A Woman Keeps a Secret (1714)

Author
Susanna Centlivre
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£27,402 3s £4,235 6s 6d (15.5%) £23,166 16s 6d (84.5%)
1732 - 1809
£27,402 3s - (100%) £4,235 6s 6d (15.5%) £23,166 16s 6d (84.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
207 60 147
1732 - 1809
207 60 147
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
21 Feb 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, Love a la Mode, Les Charboniers No No No £166 17s 6d N/A N/A
24 Feb 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, Thomas and Sally No No No £109 16s N/A N/A
02 Mar 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £156 6d N/A N/A
10 Mar 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £116 6d N/A N/A
23 Mar 1761 Drury Lane The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Polly Honeycombe, The Cow Keepers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, Phebe or The Beggars Wedding, Les Charboniers No No Yes £217 8s 6d N/A N/A
04 May 1761 Drury Lane The Wonder, Love a la Mode No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1761 Drury Lane The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Chaplet, New Dutch Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder: A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £69 17s 6d N/A N/A
15 Oct 1761 Drury Lane The Wonder, Harlequin Ranger No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1761 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Fair No No No £99 16s 6d N/A N/A
23 Mar 1762 Drury Lane The Wonder, Edgar and Emmeline, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1762 Covent Garden The Wonder, Florizel and Perdita, The Taylors, A Dish of All Sorts No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1762 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Virgin Unmasked, The Cow Keepers, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Thomas and Sally No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1762 Drury Lane The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Fortunatus, The Bavarian Shoemakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1762 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Witches Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Apr 1763 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Englishman in Paris, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1763 Drury Lane The Wonder, Fortunatus, Tambourine Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1763 Covent Garden The Wonder Or Woman Keeps A Secret, Harlequin Sorcerer with the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1763 Drury Lane The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Witches No No No £63 5s 6d N/A N/A
02 Dec 1763 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Mayor of Garratt, The Italian Gardiners No No No £123 12s N/A N/A
18 Jan 1764 Covent Garden The Wonder, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1764 Covent Garden The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1764 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Upholsterer, Blind Mans Buff, The Jealous Woodcutter No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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